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ASSOCIATE-CLOUD-ENGINEER · Question #404
Your company wants to migrate your data from an on-premises relational database to Google Cloud. Your current database can no longer scale with respect to the growth of your users, and you expect the
The correct answer is B. Use Spanner.. Spanner is Google’s globally distributed, horizontally scalable relational database service. It minimizes operational management and supports strong consistency across regions, making it the recommended choice for large-scale, globally growing relational workloads.
Submitted by saadiq_pk· Mar 30, 2026Planning and configuring a cloud solution
Question
Your company wants to migrate your data from an on-premises relational database to Google Cloud. Your current database can no longer scale with respect to the growth of your users, and you expect the number of users to rapidly grow. You need to choose a relational database that allows you to globally scale while minimizing your management and administration efforts. You also want to follow Google-recommended practices. What should you do?
Options
- AUse Cloud SQL.
- BUse Spanner.
- CUse Firestore.
- DUse BigQuery.
How the community answered
(38 responses)- A5% (2)
- B92% (35)
- D3% (1)
Explanation
Spanner is Google’s globally distributed, horizontally scalable relational database service. It minimizes operational management and supports strong consistency across regions, making it the recommended choice for large-scale, globally growing relational workloads.
Topics
#Cloud Spanner#global scale#relational database#managed database
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